Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[dak]

I got them from Jerry Segler here in IL. Here's a pic of my Rooster, Tucker

Bantam?

 

[CherokeeFlats]

Bantam?

No Large Fowl

 

[Redeemed]

Wind Dancer Congratulations ! this is indeed a very handsome silver rooster. I think I know the line and I have some coming as well.

 

[desertmarcy]

Place 5-7 drops on the vent holding the hen somewhat vent up. She will suck it in. Repeat the next day and whenever the streaks get too faint. Record what color is used on which hen. I use colored leg spirals and wingbands. It does not get far enough up the reproductive tract to geet inside a developing egg or affect hatchability. I use it to identify egg color to hen, or when I only wish to hatch from certain hens.

That also sounds like a great way to figure out which are the slackers, too. I've got 9 hatchery-type Barred Rocks that are 2 years old now and I'm only getting 2-4 eggs a day. Time to figure out who is not pulling their weight...

 

[CherokeeFlats]

Wind Dancer Congratulations ! this is indeed a very handsome silver rooster. I think I know the line and I have some coming as well.

Thank you. I am looking forward to working on this project. My husband is such an enabler!! LOL

 

[mommachick1]

What a cutie patootie! You should name her Maybelline!

 

[mommachick1]

Windancer, your Silver Roo is such a handsome boy!

 

[mommachick1]

Here's a pic of my new Blue Wheatan Ameraucana that hatched last weekend and her name is "Buttercup". Unfortunately, she was the only one to hatch out of the 3 eggs I had. Need to order some more!

 

[LittleBittyFarm]

I am looking for help from the experts on this forum.

I am a high school teacher and I use rare chicken breeds and egg colors to teach sustainability & genetics. We research different egg colors and breeding for various egg colors. We are going to be hatching some olive eggers, partridge penedesenca, FBC marans, tufted rumpless araucanas and various other breeds soon in the classroom.

Has anyone tried a cross between two blue egg laying breeds (Ameraucana with Cream Legbar) or even a cross between a blue egg layer with a green egg layer (Isbar). I am just curious if this would produce a brighter blue egg layer or even a brighter turquoise colored egg. Anyone tried this or have opinions/predictions or a hypotheses? I know about the basics of egg color genetics and makeup. Responding with a comment like "a green egg is really a blue egg with brown coating....." is not going to help. We figured that out at the very beginning of our research.

My students goal is to raise chickens that will produce 12 different egg colors. A rainbow dozen. We have a lot of the obvious breeds. The students are bringing up great questions about cross breeding for egg color. The OE was an experiment...there has to be more out there.

I will be posting this in several forums to gain info. Thanks so much!!

 

[chickee]

I am looking for help from the experts on this forum.

I am a high school teacher and I use rare chicken breeds and egg colors to teach sustainability & genetics. We research different egg colors and breeding for various egg colors. We are going to be hatching some olive eggers, partridge penedesenca, FBC marans, tufted rumpless araucanas and various other breeds soon in the classroom.

Has anyone tried a cross between two blue egg laying breeds (Ameraucana with Cream Legbar) or even a cross between a blue egg layer with a green egg layer (Isbar). I am just curious if this would produce a brighter blue egg layer or even a brighter turquoise colored egg. Anyone tried this or have opinions/predictions or a hypotheses? I know about the basics of egg color genetics and makeup. Responding with a comment like "a green egg is really a blue egg with brown coating....." is not going to help. We figured that out at the very beginning of our research.

My students goal is to raise chickens that will produce 12 different egg colors. A rainbow dozen. We have a lot of the obvious breeds. The students are bringing up great questions about cross breeding for egg color. The OE was an experiment...there has to be more out there.

I will be posting this in several forums to gain info. Thanks so much!!

I am not an expert, but I can tell you that when I crossed my buff Ameraucana hen that lays a green egg with a wheaten Ameraucana rooster that hatched from a blue egg, the offspring lay a beautiful deep turquoise (blue green) egg.

Here is what they look like~